Gold Race Cup Stolen
MELBOURNE, Wed.—The 200 guineas Mornington Gold Cup was stolen from a display window of the [?]elbourne Sports…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
1,558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 78
Mew Mine to Open Near Singleton
SYDNEY, Wed.—A new mine will be opened at Newdell, near Singleton, within a few months. Announcing this, a spokesman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reorganising Britain’s Coal Industry Mechanical Experiments May Treble Output (From a Reuter Correspondent)
LONDON: Britain’s nationalised coal industry is carrying out at its “show-piece” collieries, in the East Midlands, mechanical experiments which may treble the output per manshift…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joint Coal Board To prospect On Large Area Authority to Enter Granted For 1360 Acres At Glendonbrook Solicitor Caused Rebuff on the Limit
The Joint Coal Board was yesterday granted authority to enter 1360½ acres in the Glendonbrook area for the purpose of prospecting for coal with, it is understood, the view of commencing open cut mining. Open cutting, the quickest method of winning coal, will depend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dispute At Aberdare Colliery
CESSNOCK, Thursday. —A dispute over a working place was responsible for the idleness of Aberdare miners to-day. Abermain No. 2 is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prospecting for Coal
SINGLETON, Thursday— Albert Khan, taxi proprietor of Singleton, was granted permission to enter, for the purpose of…
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BRISBANE: In the Nebo district, co miles from Mackay, Queensland, further tests of the coal seams reveal that the original estimate of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Struck by Fall of Coal
CESSNOCK, Thursday. — James Jenkins, 24, of Northcote-street, Aberdare, a miner, working at Aberdare dare Extended colliery, received…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss of Coal Through Heating-up
CESSNOCK. Thurs.—Referring to the heating-up In one of the large pillar sections at Ellington colliery, which has to be sealed off because…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Seeks Power
SINGLETON, Friday.—“New-main” Great Greta Colliery manager wrote to last night’s municipal council asking the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Accident
Robert McCalloch, 35, of Pelaw Main, a miner employed at Richmond Main colliery, [?] crushed right foot while at work yesterday. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →English Miners May Be Sued For Lost Coal. Result of 16 Day Strike
Miners at Whitburn colliery (South Shields) believe that the National Coal Board is going to claim £12,000 from them for coal lost during their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Estimated Coal Production
Estimated coal production for the week ended February 5 Is: Cessnock, underground 75,733 tons, open cut 12,051 [?] total 87784 tons; Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Reject Settlement Terms
Newcastle miners at two of three B.H.P.'s striking pits today rejected terms of settlement offered by the Coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Prospecting For Coal Three Applications To Enter
SINGLETON, Thursday. — The Joint Cool Board was granted permission to enter 1360½ acres in the Glendon Brook area for the purpose of prospecting for coal, with, it is understood, a view to commencing open-cut mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners’ Co-operative Building Society
MUSWELLBROOK: A special general meeting of the Muswellbrook Miners’ Co-operative Building Society (No. 1) Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All South Maitland Mines Work
CESSNOCK. Friday,—With the return to work of Pelton colliery, which has been idle for several days over a question, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board Shows a Profit
From its inception to December 31 last, the Joint Coal Board made a net profit of £129,000 from its commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Refuses Aid For Ambulance
Maitland District Ambulance committee last night decided to convene a meeting of miners’ lodges and local Members of Parliament to discuss the Joint Cool Board’s refusal to contribute towards purchasing a new ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Railway Siding Has Caused Delay
It is anticipated that coal will be coming out of Newdell open out, near Ravensworth, by late March or early April. A Joint Coal Board spokesman said that the mine would…
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